Once in a while, ModBlog will scour the internets for the best and
brightest amateur piercers and sit down for a candid one-on-one with them.
Here’s one of these shining lights.
(Interview after the jump.)
BME: Before we begin, you’ll have to clarify: maybe my
vision is going, but I can’t tell from the video if you’re Steve-O or
Matthew McConaughey.
Video Fella: My name is Thomas.
BME: Steve-O, this video really had it all, from light
blood loss to creative sponge usage. How much time did you and the Jackass
crew spend on this masterpiece?
Thomas: We’re not Jackass. It only took about half an hour,
though.
BME: Now, looking at the video, I can count about four
different sets of grody frat-boy hands touching your face right around the
fresh, open piercing — none of which you seem to mind. What are some of
your other favorite ways to attract infections?
Thomas: I’m very healthy.
BME: Some of your friends can be heard to remark that
you’re “fucking tough” after the first pin is jabbed through your lip. Are
they also really impressed when the people at Dunkin’ Donuts get their
orders right?
Thomas: I don’t know.
BME: You look vaguely disappointed when you ask for a
potato — presumably to act as a cork and to catch the sharp end of the pin
in your mouth — and your friends come up empty handed. Do you regret
getting fucked up on Mezcal earlier in the day and shooting all of your
potatoes at each other out of PVC tubes?
Thomas: That didn’t happen. And the sponge worked just as
well.
BME: Clearly. And I see you used what looks like a band pin
for the second attempt. Let me guess: Nickelback.
Thomas: No.
BME: Creed.
Thomas: No.
BME: Puddle of Mudd.
Thomas: Yeah, actually.
BME: A-ha! See what I did there? I limited my guesswork to
a bunch of terrible bands that are associated with fan-bases that make
terrible decisions. You know, like getting pierced during a frat party with
a dirty tool by your meathead friends. Lastly, I see a Super Bowl XXVII
decal on the mirror in your house, a game in which the Buffalo Bills were
soundly defeated by the Dallas Cowboys; I imagine you’re a Buffalo fan. Does
this sort of haphazard infliction of unnecessary pain with potentially
lasting problems come along with rooting for the Bills?
Thomas: They’re a good team.
BME: Steve-O, thanks for taking the time to speak to us.
Thomas: Okay.
Comments
410 responses to “You Don’t Have A Potato?”
I didn’t mention anything of your life, just that you really fucked up a years (quite good till now,) work with this one misguided blog… Your very touchy though, feel better after your little sarcastic rant there?
On a litte bit of a seperate note I have to ask what the “university programme” comment all about? Just because your apparently intelligent doesn’t mean this wasn’t a shockingly crappy idea. And just to throw it into the mix I go to uni too, yey high five for us…
Anyway, back to my hovel 🙂
I didn’t mention anything of your life, just that you really fucked up a years (quite good till now,) work with this one misguided blog… Your very touchy though, feel better after your little sarcastic rant there?
On a litte bit of a seperate note I have to ask what the “university programme” comment all about? Just because your apparently intelligent doesn’t mean this wasn’t a shockingly crappy idea. And just to throw it into the mix I go to uni too, yey high five for us…
Anyway, back to my hovel 🙂
Hehe @ #172
Hehe @ #172
I am frankly more in shock to see the attitude took by the BME staff on this interview rather than the actual piercing it self…
I am frankly more in shock to see the attitude took by the BME staff on this interview rather than the actual piercing it self…
Response to post #161: “…. People care about content…”
HA! That’s some bullshit!
[I didn’t actually watch the clip. I’m assuming it’s crap. But the clip with a bunch of 13 year old girls was really funny.]
Response to post #161: “…. People care about content…”
HA! That’s some bullshit!
[I didn’t actually watch the clip. I’m assuming it’s crap. But the clip with a bunch of 13 year old girls was really funny.]
oh gosh.
oh gosh.
I liked this post. I did my first couple of piercings almost exactly like this. And the interview was funny.
I liked this post. I did my first couple of piercings almost exactly like this. And the interview was funny.
I’m glad that Jordon and RooRaaah are sticking it out and trying to keep Modblog afloat until this whole sorry situation is sorted and Shannon gets his website back, but honestly? I think everyone would be better served by just putting a placerholder ‘this website is unavilable until further notice’ message up on this URL would be better than whats happening now.
Its like trying to keep a corpse alive by blowing air in and out of its lungs. The heart isn’t beating, you’re just prolonging the inevitable.
And by heart I dont just mean Shannon, I mean the full membership of the Modblog community. Posts just arent the same without Giles telling us why something is wrong, or Cere trawling for nekkid pics of girls. 😉
I’m glad that Jordon and RooRaaah are sticking it out and trying to keep Modblog afloat until this whole sorry situation is sorted and Shannon gets his website back, but honestly? I think everyone would be better served by just putting a placerholder ‘this website is unavilable until further notice’ message up on this URL would be better than whats happening now.
Its like trying to keep a corpse alive by blowing air in and out of its lungs. The heart isn’t beating, you’re just prolonging the inevitable.
And by heart I dont just mean Shannon, I mean the full membership of the Modblog community. Posts just arent the same without Giles telling us why something is wrong, or Cere trawling for nekkid pics of girls. 😉
If that had been a real interview, I would have been a little upset because it does cast bme in a poor light, but it’s not, so whatever.
Admit it, we all love in that sick way to see people do things the complete wrong way. I know I’ve pierced myself with a safety pin when I was younger, and I’m sure many of you have too, sometimes it’s all you have when you really want to poke holes in yourself.
I’m not saying it’s okay, I just saying give some people (not these people, they’re idiots) a break. Hopefully all those people find their ways here and learn proper methods and care.
I miss updates. There used to be more than one a day, now they’re more like once a week.
If that had been a real interview, I would have been a little upset because it does cast bme in a poor light, but it’s not, so whatever.
Admit it, we all love in that sick way to see people do things the complete wrong way. I know I’ve pierced myself with a safety pin when I was younger, and I’m sure many of you have too, sometimes it’s all you have when you really want to poke holes in yourself.
I’m not saying it’s okay, I just saying give some people (not these people, they’re idiots) a break. Hopefully all those people find their ways here and learn proper methods and care.
I miss updates. There used to be more than one a day, now they’re more like once a week.
this makes me really sad that this is interesting to people. I feel bad for the piercing industry that this is broadcast for everyone to see 🙁
this makes me really sad that this is interesting to people. I feel bad for the piercing industry that this is broadcast for everyone to see 🙁
HORRIBLE…
HORRIBLE…
Do you people not remember a few months ago when Shannon would post things and everyone would attack everyone pretty much for breathing? Naked girls; “Oh they’re too skinny, someone get this chick a sammich quick!” or “Oh my, she’s fat” or even better “Umm aren’t there already too many naked chicks being posted?”
Yah, comments were moderated then too for a little while because you ruined it for yourselves. Way to have selective memory people!
This post was dumb but ya know, it’s now moderated because people don’t know the “If you can’t say anything nice” rule.
Poor RooRaaah’s head will be nipping!
Do you people not remember a few months ago when Shannon would post things and everyone would attack everyone pretty much for breathing? Naked girls; “Oh they’re too skinny, someone get this chick a sammich quick!” or “Oh my, she’s fat” or even better “Umm aren’t there already too many naked chicks being posted?”
Yah, comments were moderated then too for a little while because you ruined it for yourselves. Way to have selective memory people!
This post was dumb but ya know, it’s now moderated because people don’t know the “If you can’t say anything nice” rule.
Poor RooRaaah’s head will be nipping!
I agree with Alice White. Had it been Shannon you would all be raving about how he is a comedic genius ontop of everything else. But Shannon didn’t and here we all are.
While I KNOW everyone here is an absolute expert in body piercing and could’nt have ever possibally done anything stupid before. Nobodies perfect, people make mistakes. The only people who are entitled to critize what is posted, I fell, are those who do the posting. Everyone else should stop critising becuase less face it, you have no say. The clip was funny, in that these guys are dumb. Lol.
I agree with Alice White. Had it been Shannon you would all be raving about how he is a comedic genius ontop of everything else. But Shannon didn’t and here we all are.
While I KNOW everyone here is an absolute expert in body piercing and could’nt have ever possibally done anything stupid before. Nobodies perfect, people make mistakes. The only people who are entitled to critize what is posted, I fell, are those who do the posting. Everyone else should stop critising becuase less face it, you have no say. The clip was funny, in that these guys are dumb. Lol.
this is a public blog, luke…everyone who stumbles across it is entitled to say whatever they want when they see it. and if it sucks, well, the readers should be allowed to express their opinions on the matter, as you have.
this is a public blog, luke…everyone who stumbles across it is entitled to say whatever they want when they see it. and if it sucks, well, the readers should be allowed to express their opinions on the matter, as you have.
Good point. But everyone is getting real narky over a little joke.
Good point. But everyone is getting real narky over a little joke.
sure people are making comments that aren’t the friendliest but frankly we have an opinion and we are entitled to expressing it and deleting our posts is certainly not helping the matter.
sure people are making comments that aren’t the friendliest but frankly we have an opinion and we are entitled to expressing it and deleting our posts is certainly not helping the matter.
Wow, I don’t know if I’m cool enough for modblog anymore. I would hate to see my pictures up here being picked apart for my taste in music or sports.
Angiebabynz, you’re on to something with the placeholder. This new and “improved” BME is leaving a taste in my mouth that reminds me of morning up at that party where those Puddle of Mudd and Bills fans were at.
😀 Cue Jordan saying how superior he is to me and how my house stinks and I drink cheap liquor in 3, 2…….1
kim
Wow, I don’t know if I’m cool enough for modblog anymore. I would hate to see my pictures up here being picked apart for my taste in music or sports.
Angiebabynz, you’re on to something with the placeholder. This new and “improved” BME is leaving a taste in my mouth that reminds me of morning up at that party where those Puddle of Mudd and Bills fans were at.
😀 Cue Jordan saying how superior he is to me and how my house stinks and I drink cheap liquor in 3, 2…….1
kim
I honestly agree with Alyssa. This is still public, and we all took part to make it what it is.
I honestly agree with Alyssa. This is still public, and we all took part to make it what it is.
well, I guess its a good thing so many seem happy to tear this place down now-even though manymanymany others have helped make it what it is-Perhaps you should ask yourself why you are here, still, reading this if you think this place sucks? Crying over the carcass only makes you seem the poor loser. Some of the comments in here have been…just…unimaginable.
And the comment about Jordan wrecking a whole year of writing for making/committing the grievous sin of, at worst, an off post is just laughable. Whoever the hell you are-please don’t ever listen to my bands, my writing or view my artwork. I would cringe at the thought of having to be creative like a machine-with every single thing coming out of my creative drive having to please someone like the “the last thing I did”. Ugh! What a creative yoke THAT would be! Sure, you are totally entitled to your opinion but look at the cost. People fuck up. Not every pop record is a hit. Not every piece of writing will move you. Should every ball player retire when they don’t hit it out of the park? Yeesh!
The people making comments equal to breathy/hyperventilating 12 year old girls and boys need to grow up and take off if they have so much bile for the place. No matter who you think started the place it has a momentum all its own, completely separate from Shannon. There are however other people that still work to make this place enjoyable as they can, despite the current situation-as much as that seems to make some people’s blood boil. The price of living in a free society? Stop asking a bunch of obviously talented people to sit around and do nothing because you’ve got a BME-shaped chip on your shoulder.
well, I guess its a good thing so many seem happy to tear this place down now-even though manymanymany others have helped make it what it is-Perhaps you should ask yourself why you are here, still, reading this if you think this place sucks? Crying over the carcass only makes you seem the poor loser. Some of the comments in here have been…just…unimaginable.
And the comment about Jordan wrecking a whole year of writing for making/committing the grievous sin of, at worst, an off post is just laughable. Whoever the hell you are-please don’t ever listen to my bands, my writing or view my artwork. I would cringe at the thought of having to be creative like a machine-with every single thing coming out of my creative drive having to please someone like the “the last thing I did”. Ugh! What a creative yoke THAT would be! Sure, you are totally entitled to your opinion but look at the cost. People fuck up. Not every pop record is a hit. Not every piece of writing will move you. Should every ball player retire when they don’t hit it out of the park? Yeesh!
The people making comments equal to breathy/hyperventilating 12 year old girls and boys need to grow up and take off if they have so much bile for the place. No matter who you think started the place it has a momentum all its own, completely separate from Shannon. There are however other people that still work to make this place enjoyable as they can, despite the current situation-as much as that seems to make some people’s blood boil. The price of living in a free society? Stop asking a bunch of obviously talented people to sit around and do nothing because you’ve got a BME-shaped chip on your shoulder.
“no matter who you think started the place”? not even going to bother addressing that any further. im certain everyone knows who started this place. dont you?
and if these talented people are so talented…whats with the lack of updates to bmezine? the sporadic (at best) modblog posts? no one has been asking them explicitly to sit down and do nothing…but goddamnit, the difference is PALPABLE. if youre going to update, dont be half-assed about it.
i think what really pissed a lot of people off here is that it seemed like jordan is taking his responsibility(/favour…whatever) a little too lightly: grab a clip off of youtube, slap together a mock interview…no educational/shock/aesthetic value whatsoever? check. not to say that shannon always posted something with all or any of the above, but at least he seemed to take this photoblog, with its thousands of readers (im sure) fairly seriously.
and anyone that complains when their work is criticized, whether it be by someone who can make or break you, or a random passer-by…is a bitch. a whiny bitch. and if youre proud of your work, you shouldnt feel the need to come back and defend it by taking personal shots at the critics. toughen the fuck up.
furthermore, there are people that have been coming here every single day since it went up. i somehow doubt theyre all just going to shrug and wander off because its under new management. you said this place had a momentum all its own. it does. and its talking, albeit through a filter. i think its saying ‘shape the fuck up’. no reason to complain about the dissent, just make it better. try harder.
let’s see if this makes it up. maybe i typed too many bad words.
“no matter who you think started the place”? not even going to bother addressing that any further. im certain everyone knows who started this place. dont you?
and if these talented people are so talented…whats with the lack of updates to bmezine? the sporadic (at best) modblog posts? no one has been asking them explicitly to sit down and do nothing…but goddamnit, the difference is PALPABLE. if youre going to update, dont be half-assed about it.
i think what really pissed a lot of people off here is that it seemed like jordan is taking his responsibility(/favour…whatever) a little too lightly: grab a clip off of youtube, slap together a mock interview…no educational/shock/aesthetic value whatsoever? check. not to say that shannon always posted something with all or any of the above, but at least he seemed to take this photoblog, with its thousands of readers (im sure) fairly seriously.
and anyone that complains when their work is criticized, whether it be by someone who can make or break you, or a random passer-by…is a bitch. a whiny bitch. and if youre proud of your work, you shouldnt feel the need to come back and defend it by taking personal shots at the critics. toughen the fuck up.
furthermore, there are people that have been coming here every single day since it went up. i somehow doubt theyre all just going to shrug and wander off because its under new management. you said this place had a momentum all its own. it does. and its talking, albeit through a filter. i think its saying ‘shape the fuck up’. no reason to complain about the dissent, just make it better. try harder.
let’s see if this makes it up. maybe i typed too many bad words.
An off post… Thats a bloody understatement. He posts an ‘interview’ totally ripping into a lot of people (go brash and uncalled for generalisations) then you rush round defending him, then claim I’m the one with the problem… If thats the case then why not just drop the TOS and lets all have a free for all on the social groups/band fans we hate?
And i mentioned nothing about them stopping working, just don’t post bollock’s like this
An off post… Thats a bloody understatement. He posts an ‘interview’ totally ripping into a lot of people (go brash and uncalled for generalisations) then you rush round defending him, then claim I’m the one with the problem… If thats the case then why not just drop the TOS and lets all have a free for all on the social groups/band fans we hate?
And i mentioned nothing about them stopping working, just don’t post bollock’s like this
“anyone that complains when their work is criticized, whether it be by someone who can make or break you, or a random passer-by…is a bitch. a whiny bitch. and if youre proud of your work, you shouldnt feel the need to come back and defend it by taking personal shots at the critics. toughen the fuck up.”
Are you kidding me? what are you talking about? I never said a thing about not being able to take criticism. Just about people that always expect things to be the same regarding the perceived ‘quality’ or a creative person’s work-At this point I’ve been through 6 years of art school, too many juried exhibitions and decades of criticism. I’m a whiny bitch? toughen the fuck up? Please….
You are free to criticize whatever/whoever you want. That doesn’t mean I have to agree with your point or like it either. And when were the critics beyond criticism? I think Jordan is WELL aware, with as many posts pointing out to him, that his post is not the best. but that alone is hardly enough to say he somehow tarnished a year’s worth of writing. I just don’t understand your argument.
“anyone that complains when their work is criticized, whether it be by someone who can make or break you, or a random passer-by…is a bitch. a whiny bitch. and if youre proud of your work, you shouldnt feel the need to come back and defend it by taking personal shots at the critics. toughen the fuck up.”
Are you kidding me? what are you talking about? I never said a thing about not being able to take criticism. Just about people that always expect things to be the same regarding the perceived ‘quality’ or a creative person’s work-At this point I’ve been through 6 years of art school, too many juried exhibitions and decades of criticism. I’m a whiny bitch? toughen the fuck up? Please….
You are free to criticize whatever/whoever you want. That doesn’t mean I have to agree with your point or like it either. And when were the critics beyond criticism? I think Jordan is WELL aware, with as many posts pointing out to him, that his post is not the best. but that alone is hardly enough to say he somehow tarnished a year’s worth of writing. I just don’t understand your argument.
i was specifically referring to jordan’s tantrum when he responded to that ‘ruin a years worth of work’ comment. whatever, the critic in this case was wrong, misinformed, has an opinion that differs from yours…doesnt matter. he starts taking (heres the key to the ‘argument’) personal shots at this random who has every right to express whatever the fuck she wanted to express.
and why does everyone feel the need to mention how many years of schooling theyve gone through? if you submitted to these criticisms and then turned around and called your critic fat because she gave you a bad review…thats whiny bitchiness, i dont care how you look at it.
i was specifically referring to jordan’s tantrum when he responded to that ‘ruin a years worth of work’ comment. whatever, the critic in this case was wrong, misinformed, has an opinion that differs from yours…doesnt matter. he starts taking (heres the key to the ‘argument’) personal shots at this random who has every right to express whatever the fuck she wanted to express.
and why does everyone feel the need to mention how many years of schooling theyve gone through? if you submitted to these criticisms and then turned around and called your critic fat because she gave you a bad review…thats whiny bitchiness, i dont care how you look at it.
And generally I would agree with you. Calling someone fat because they didn’t like your writing is lame-because it doesn’t have any relevance to the writing. You can however call her/him/them whatever you want to if you think they’re full of shit or you don’t agree with them(or especially if they make factual errors in their critique). And that has nothing to do with being whiny or off base-it has to do with standing by your words.
And everyone doesn’t mention their years of schooling. I don’t think school gives you a damn thing-its what you take out of it. I mentioned it to illustrate why-following my original post and your rather huffy response-that I don’t personally have a problem with accepting criticism. not everyone takes criticism the same way. that should be obvious from this thread.
Your posts do seem to come off as rather black and white though-and angry. You’ve posted quite a bit here and over at bodytwo, so I’m wondering what kind of outcome you are looking for regarding this blog, BME, etc? When no one was posting, people complained about the lack of posts. When posts started happening again, people complained that it wasn’t Shannon doing it, that the posts weren’t as good, how dare anyone else do them, that people should go to bodytwo instead, etc. If you were only here for Shannon’s words its pretty clear that he is still actively blogging elsewhere. Otherwise, what else are you adding here? Are you contributing anything positive? If your king comes back from exile what kind of shape are you leaving his castle in? Will you only be happy when things ‘get back to normal’? Exactly when/what do you think that will be?
remember the evil that men and women do lives on after them. comments on the internet are no different.
And generally I would agree with you. Calling someone fat because they didn’t like your writing is lame-because it doesn’t have any relevance to the writing. You can however call her/him/them whatever you want to if you think they’re full of shit or you don’t agree with them(or especially if they make factual errors in their critique). And that has nothing to do with being whiny or off base-it has to do with standing by your words.
And everyone doesn’t mention their years of schooling. I don’t think school gives you a damn thing-its what you take out of it. I mentioned it to illustrate why-following my original post and your rather huffy response-that I don’t personally have a problem with accepting criticism. not everyone takes criticism the same way. that should be obvious from this thread.
Your posts do seem to come off as rather black and white though-and angry. You’ve posted quite a bit here and over at bodytwo, so I’m wondering what kind of outcome you are looking for regarding this blog, BME, etc? When no one was posting, people complained about the lack of posts. When posts started happening again, people complained that it wasn’t Shannon doing it, that the posts weren’t as good, how dare anyone else do them, that people should go to bodytwo instead, etc. If you were only here for Shannon’s words its pretty clear that he is still actively blogging elsewhere. Otherwise, what else are you adding here? Are you contributing anything positive? If your king comes back from exile what kind of shape are you leaving his castle in? Will you only be happy when things ‘get back to normal’? Exactly when/what do you think that will be?
remember the evil that men and women do lives on after them. comments on the internet are no different.
i didnt say many of the things youre describing in your last paragraph. i did say that the posts here are sub par, that bodytwo has vastly superior content, and that jordan was a whiny bitch. havent said that posting to modblog was off limits, have actually requested that those who are supposed to be writing it devote some kind of serious effort to it, if nothing else is going to be done to bme as a whole.
the reason i continue to add to this monstrous thread (which i believe i started off in fairly positively, if youll read aaall the way up there) is this: you keep talking to me. specifically. you tempt me to respond. and quite frankly, at this moment in time, i have nothing better to do than oblige. as far as why im still here, i cant give you much..: force of habit? an inability to watch something that was so interesting reduced to bad jokes and reposts? i have fun talking shit to idiots? my comments are making it past the filter?
ill just ignore that strange bit there at the end, considering that the ‘worst’ or most controversial (or even *gasp* evil) thing ive said since this whole thing started was that i wanted to kick some bitch down the stairs. and i wouldnt really mind going down in the grande olde history of the internets as the cunt who said what at least some of the people reading this shit are thinking.
and i didnt even say that here…so meh. accept my inherent bitchiness or ignore it. you must realize, of course, that these long and eloquent posts are only encouraging me…
i didnt say many of the things youre describing in your last paragraph. i did say that the posts here are sub par, that bodytwo has vastly superior content, and that jordan was a whiny bitch. havent said that posting to modblog was off limits, have actually requested that those who are supposed to be writing it devote some kind of serious effort to it, if nothing else is going to be done to bme as a whole.
the reason i continue to add to this monstrous thread (which i believe i started off in fairly positively, if youll read aaall the way up there) is this: you keep talking to me. specifically. you tempt me to respond. and quite frankly, at this moment in time, i have nothing better to do than oblige. as far as why im still here, i cant give you much..: force of habit? an inability to watch something that was so interesting reduced to bad jokes and reposts? i have fun talking shit to idiots? my comments are making it past the filter?
ill just ignore that strange bit there at the end, considering that the ‘worst’ or most controversial (or even *gasp* evil) thing ive said since this whole thing started was that i wanted to kick some bitch down the stairs. and i wouldnt really mind going down in the grande olde history of the internets as the cunt who said what at least some of the people reading this shit are thinking.
and i didnt even say that here…so meh. accept my inherent bitchiness or ignore it. you must realize, of course, that these long and eloquent posts are only encouraging me…
I personally find this awesome. The comment-ers.. not so much.. but I think it is a great little random change. yes. Humor is good.
I personally find this awesome. The comment-ers.. not so much.. but I think it is a great little random change. yes. Humor is good.